From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishresume your seat/place/positionresume your seat/place/position formalGOto go back to the seat, place, or position where you were before Will the delegates please resume their seats? → resume
Examples from the Corpus
resume your seat/place/position• Will the delegates please resume their seats?• Madame Olenska rose, wound it up and returned to the fire, but without resuming her seat.• Mr Scott resumed his place, a look of quiet satisfaction on his face.• Winnie resumed her seat and her knitting.• They resumed their seats and Owen slipped away into a tide of music and colour.• By the time Michele returned and resumed his seat she was sipping her wine, her plate almost empty.• If your opponent interrupts you, resume your seat while he is speaking. 